Knifeman on bus 'injures 14 people in frenzied attack' in German city of Lubeck

The attack happens on a public service bus, which is now being looked at by investigators (Image: Felix Koenig/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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A man armed with a knife attacked people on a bus in the northern German city of Lubeck on Friday, wounding at least 14 people, before being arrested by police.

Two of the victims have been seriously injured, the local Luebecker Nachrichten newspaper reported.

Schleswig-Holstein police said no one was killed in the incident and confirmed that the suspect was in custody. They did not immediately give further details.

"The offender was overpowered and is in police custody. We are still at the site and continue to will report from here," the police said on Twitter.

A police ribbon cordons off the street where the bus is now sitting (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

The paper, which reported the attacker appeared to be in his mid-30s, quoted a witness as saying: "One of the victims had just given up his place to an older woman, when the attacker stabbed him in the chest."

An area around a bus stop in the Lubeck neighbourhood of Kuecknitz was sealed off by police, spokesman Dierk Duerbook told Bild newspaper.

Police officers stand guard next to the bus (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Earlier, police in Schleswig-Holstein, the state where Lubeck is located, tweeted that there was a major police deployment under way in the city.

Lubeck police did not immediately respond to repeated calls for comment.

Police later said that the suspect was identified as a 34-year-old German citizen who lives in Luebeck. His name was not released, in line with German privacy rules.

"There are no indications that the man was politically radicalised," the statement added. "There are also no indications at present of a terrorist background."